Danish Prime Ministers

This list is comprised of the Prime Ministers of Denmark. The official head of state is the King or Queen. The office of Prime Minister, called Statsminister in Danish, was created in 1849 when Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.
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NameYearsOther Names
Adam Wilhelm Moltke1848-1852
Anders Sandøe Ørsted1853-1854
Anders Fogh Rasmussen2001-2009
Anker Jørgensen1972-1973; 1975-1982(Henrik)
Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ1856-1857
Carl Christian Hall1857-1859; 1860-1863
Carl Edvard Rotwitt1859-1860
Carl Theodor Zahle1909-1910; 1913-1920
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech1874-1875
Christian Albrecht Bluhme1852-1853; 1864-1865
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs1865-1870
Ditlev Gothard Monrad1863-1864
Erik Eriksen1950-1953
Erik Scavenius1942-1943(Julius, Christian)
Hannibal Sehested1900-1901
H. C. Hansen1955-1960(Hans, Christian, Svane)
Hans Hedtoft1947-1950; 1953-1955
Helle Thorning-Schmidt2011-2015
Hilmar Baunsgaard1968-1971(Tormod, Ingolf)
Hugo Egmont Hørring1897-1900
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup1875-1894
Jens Christian Christensen1905-1908
Jens Otto Krag1962-1968; 1971-1972
Johan Henrik Deuntzer1901-1905
Klaus Berntsen1910-1913
Knud Kristensen1945-1947
Lars Løkke Rasmussen2009-2011; 2015-2019
Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg1870-1874(Henrik, Carl, Herman)
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg1909(Johan, Carl, Christian, Tido)
Mette Frederiksen2019-
Michael Pedersen Friis1920
Niels Neergaard1908-1909; 1920-1924(Thomasius)
Otto Liebe1920(Carl, Julius)
Peter Georg Bang1854-1856
Poul Hartling1973-1975
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen1993-2001(Oluf)
Poul Schlüter1982-1993(Holmskov)
Tage Reedtz-Thott1894-1897(Kjeld, Thor, Otto)
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal1926-1929
Thorvald Stauning1924-1926; 1929-1942(August, Marinus)
Viggo Kampmann1960-1962(Olfert)
Vilhelm Buhl1942; 1945